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    Home » Recipes » Thanksgiving

    Modified: Nov 4, 2023 · Published: Nov 29, 2020 by Melinda O'Malley Keckler · This post may contain affiliate links · this blog generates income from ads.

    Leftover Turkey Pizza

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    Leftover Turkey Pizza is a delicious alternative to enjoying leftovers from a holiday meal. This pizza has it all! Turkey, stuffing, sweet potatoes and cranberries. All of those holiday favorites take on a whole new flavor when combined with a white garlic pizza sauce along with a few dollops of ricotta and parmesan cheese.

    Unbaked leftover turkey pizza.
    A few dollops of ricotta cheese and a sprinkling of parmesan make a great addition to all the flavors of our holiday meal.
    Jump to:
    • 🦃 Why You'll Love Leftover Turkey Pizza
    • 🥘 Leftovers and Ingredients Needed
    • 🍕A New Twist on Turkey
    • 🍗 Substitutions and Variations
    • 🍽 White Sauce, Not Red Sauce
    • 💭 Recipe FAQs
    • 🍲 More Poultry Recipes
    • Recipe
    • Comments

    🦃 Why You'll Love Leftover Turkey Pizza

    It's a great way to use up leftovers from your holiday meal. So is Rotisserie Chicken and Stuffing Casserole, which is also a great way to enjoy leftover turkey.

    After you make this for your family, you might wonder where this flavor combination has been all these years!

    It's easy to make, all you need is a pizza crust and a tasty sauce and you're set.

    🥘 Leftovers and Ingredients Needed

    Mix and match the ingredients. You can include some or all of the ingredients listed below on the pizza for great results

    • cooked turkey
    • stuffing
    • sweet potatoes
    • cranberry sauce
    • ricotta cheese
    • parmesan cheese
    • white pizza sauce
    • pizza crust
    Leftover turkey and stuffing in two separate glass bowls.
    A cup of chopped turkey and leftover stuffing is the perfect amount for a large pizza.

    Same for the additional ingredients: stuffing, sweet potatoes and cranberry sauce.

    This is a delicious recipe to serve when you are craving the flavors of fall and holidays, Creamy Pumpkin Pasta Sauce is also good for that! It's classic comfort food.

    Sweet potatoes and cranberries in two small bowls.
    Use equal portions of all the leftover toppings for this pizza, one cup of each.

    🍕A New Twist on Turkey

    This recipe is a unique way to use up turkey leftovers, the familiar taste of turkey and sweet potatoes along with the stuffing and cranberry sauce get a whole new twist when placed alongside dollops of ricotta cheese.

    I think my favorite part of this recipe is how the ingredients blend with the cheesy, garlicky white pizza sauce.

    Unbaked leftover turkey pizza on a cutting board.
    This pizza is delicious and offers a whole new perspective on turkey leftovers.

    🍗 Substitutions and Variations

    You could even make this leftover pizza without turkey, if you have holiday leftovers like stuffing and sweet potatoes but no turkey just use a rotisserie chicken from the grocery store.

    Pro Tip: Have all the ingredients on hand but no pizza crust? Use toast or English muffins and make individual mini "pizzas."

    This recipe uses some, but not all of your holiday leftovers so there will be plenty left for sandwiches, turkey pot pie or soup.

    I haven't included mashed potatoes, even though they are a part of most holiday leftovers - because they don't keep their shape very well on a pizza crust.

    White pizza sauce on a large pizza crust in a pan.
    White pizza sauce is the perfect start to veggie, chicken or turkey pizzas.

    🍽 White Sauce, Not Red Sauce

    I love red sauce on pizza, but turkey, like chicken, really tastes best on a white sauce.

    Once you've tasted turkey and these trimmings on a white pizza sauce you'll know why this is among the best ways to serve leftover turkey.

    Making your white sauce from scratch is easy and fast. I think you'll love my white pizza sauce recipe, you control the amount of garlic - my family LOVES lots of garlic - and oregano and it's ready in under 15 minutes. Give it a try.

    Pizza crust topped with turkey, sweet potatoes, stuffing and cranberries.
    It might look like pieces of sausage, but that's actually leftover stuffing on this pizza.

    💭 Recipe FAQs

    What Type of Crust is Best?

    The thinner, the better. My recipe for homemade pizza crust works great, and if you have a pizza stone to bake it on that's all the better. The most important aspect of the crust is to make sure it's as thin as possible.

    Any type of pizza crust works well, but this recipe works best with a dough that isn't especially thick or chewy. Use fresh store-bought pizza dough or a pre-baked crust and you'll still get great results.

    What's a substitute for white pizza sauce?

    Any white sauce will work, a jarred Alfredo sauce or a pre-made white pizza sauce from the grocery store will be delicious.

    Is there a vegetarian option?

    For folks who prefer a meatless pizza follow the recipe but leave the turkey off. Easy to adjust and still totally tasty!

    🍲 More Poultry Recipes

    Here are a few more recipes that use savory poultry. Enjoy!

    • A gravy bowl full of gravy with a serving spoon.
      Better Than Bouillon Gravy Recipe (Make-Ahead)
    • A serving of chicken stuffing casserole on a plate with salad on the side and a fork.
      Chicken and Stuffing Casserole
    • A chicken Romano cutlet on a plate next to cooked spaghetti with sauce on top and a lemon wedge on the side.
      Crusted Chicken Romano
    • A large spoon dishing up a serving a chicken spaghetti from a baking dish.
      Chicken Spaghetti with Rotel and Velveeta

    If you tried Leftover Turkey Pizza or any other recipe on my website, please leave a 🌟 star rating and let me know how it goes in the 📝 comments below.

    Recipe

    Leftover turkey pizza in a pizza pan before baking.

    Leftover Turkey Pizza

    Our holiday leftovers take on a whole new flavor when combined with a garlic-y white pizza sauce and baked together on a homemade pizza crust.
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    Prep Time: 10 minutes minutes
    Cook Time: 15 minutes minutes
    Total Time: 25 minutes minutes
    Servings: 10
    Calories: 164kcal
    Author: Melinda O'Malley Keckler

    Ingredients 

    • 1 cup turkey - cooked and diced
    • 1 cup stuffing - cooked
    • 1 cup sweet potato - cooked and chopped into bite-sized chunks
    • ½ cup ricotta cheese
    • 1 cup parmesan cheese
    • 1 cup cranberry sauce
    • 1 pizza crust - your favorite
    • 1 cup white pizza sauce - your favorite

    Instructions

    • Preheat oven to 425°
    • Top your favorite pizza crust with white pizza sauce. Spread diced turkey, stuffing and sweet potatoes evenly across the sauce. Using a teaspoon, make small dollops of ricotta cheese across the pizza. Sprinkle with 1 cup of parmesan cheese.
    • Bake for 12-15 minutes or until pizza crust is baked and starting to brown on the edges.
    • Place teaspoons full of cranberry sauce across the top of the pizza as soon as the pizza comes out of the oven. The piping hot pizza will warm the cranberry sauce.

    Notes

    Any type of pizza crust works well, but this recipe works best with a dough that isn't especially thick or chewy. Use fresh store-bought pizza dough or a pre-baked crust and you'll still get great results.
    The nutritional information here is calculated only using the pizza toppings in this recipe and does not include the details about the pizza crust or pizza sauce. 
    Calories: 164kcalCarbohydrates: 19gProtein: 8gFat: 7gSaturated Fat: 3gCholesterol: 20mgSodium: 293mgPotassium: 111mgFiber: 1gSugar: 12gVitamin A: 2100IUVitamin C: 1mgCalcium: 156mgIron: 1mg

    Please note, the nutrition details are estimated using a food database, so they’re just a rough estimate not an exact science.

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    1. nancy says

      November 28, 2021 at 6:35 pm

      5 stars
      ahhh what a genius idea to use leftover turkey on pizza!

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    2. Jean says

      November 26, 2021 at 4:37 pm

      5 stars
      another way to use leftovers, love the idea of making pizza.

      Reply
    3. Freya says

      October 06, 2021 at 11:30 pm

      5 stars
      I love recipes that use leftovers, especially festive ones! Cannot wait to try this!

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    4. Jeri says

      October 06, 2021 at 9:37 pm

      5 stars
      What a fun take on leftover turkey! I will be saving this recipe for my Thanksgiving leftovers. Thanks! Can't wait to try it!

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    5. Megan Ellam says

      October 06, 2021 at 1:06 am

      5 stars
      Oh, I have some leftover cooked turkey for this! Thanks for sharing!

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    6. Jean says

      October 05, 2021 at 11:58 pm

      5 stars
      great way to enjoy leftovers especially that we love pizza too! thanks for this recipe.

      Reply

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